Sunday, November 7, 2010
"Coy Mistress" vs. "To The Virgins"
In Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Herrick’s “To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time” both writers share similar topics and themes, while expressing different points. While Herrick argues to seize the day, and to not take time for granted, the narrator states that while you are young you must marry. He emphasizes the importance of marriage and urges young women to marry while they can, because their beauty and youthfulness will one day fade. On the other hand, in Marvell's poem his focus is mainly on sex. He forces the woman to give into his persuasiveness, and to not run out of time. He wants sex, while Herrick wants marriage. Although they both use the concept of time to get what they want, their motives and objectives are completely different.
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